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By Katherine Blocksdorf, About.com Guide to Horses since 2005

Horse Word of the Week - Jump Off

Saturday May 16, 2009
While watching show jumping on television or at a horse show you might hear the words 'jump off'.
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Is it what riders do when they get off of their horses? No, that's a dismount. Ideally, dismounts are scheduled. Nobody likes unscheduled dismounts. But just what is a jump off? Find out with this glossary definition of jump off.

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May 20, 2009 at 11:42 am
(1) anonymous says:

Thank you. This information helped me to run my own blog about stories about horses

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